我不忍心让她再继续干保洁 供我上学了
“and I can't bear to let her continue working as a cleaner to pay for my schooling.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“The point is that my mom is getting older,”
我 不忍心 让她 再继续 干保洁 供我 上学 了
“and I can't bear to let her continue working as a cleaner to pay for my schooling.”
小轩你长大了
“Xuan, you've grown up.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
A central Confucian virtue where grown children feel an acute moral duty to alleviate their parents' hardships once they come of age.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
cannot bear to; heart aches to see
Used when an action causes emotional pain or pity toward someone you care about.
financially support my schooling / put me through school
Standard collocation referring to parents funding a child's education through hard work.
Marks a change of state, indicating the speaker has decided to stop letting the situation continue.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But you shouldn't have to work as a cleaner.”
“Our workspace is so clean and neat. I thought our janitor”
“Don't defend her. If a boss is unfair, you can push back.”
“Our place is a mess. But she doesn't mind. Upon arriving, she mops and tidies up.”
“Skipping classes wasn't enough? You've started this?”
“I'm not saying she has to do housework.”